The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement that the group which Dion met with is an effort to destroy Israel. It inherently anti-Semitic in that Jews are the only people whom that group seeks to deny national self-determination. Among the movement's goals is the so-called "right of return" of millions of descendants of Palestinians to Israel proper, which would eradicate Israel as a Jewish State.

The Minister of Foreign Affairs owes Canadians an explanation as to why he gave special status to a hate group that has participated in an effort to validate the murder of innocent civilians.